Silvia Secchi
@profsecchi.bsky.social
Natural resource economist, geographer, meanderer, informed agitator, immigrant.
Trans rights are human rights.
💧Dall’acqua salata a quella dolce e zozza💧
My views are my own and do not represent my employer.
I don't consent to AI use of anything of mine.
Trans rights are human rights.
💧Dall’acqua salata a quella dolce e zozza💧
My views are my own and do not represent my employer.
I don't consent to AI use of anything of mine.
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Silvia Secchi
@profsecchi.bsky.social
· Nov 7
Academic freedom and fascism: A new book on the Italian professors who said NO in 1931
Inclusive searches & sources @UvA Romance languages (32) Earlier addressed in the Library333 series Inclusive searches & sources @FMG Library – with posts on the Academic Freedom Inde…
blognostrumuva.wordpress.com
Seems like a good time to remind ourselves that in 1931, when Mussolini forced academics to sign an oath of allegiance to the fascist regime, only twelve refused.
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Scientists: have you been the target of an online harassment campaign, doxxing, or weaponized FOIA requests? I'd like to talk to you about steps you had to take to protect your digital security for an upcoming Nature story. (You can be anonymous if necessary.)
RTs appreciated.
RTs appreciated.
November 26, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Scientists: have you been the target of an online harassment campaign, doxxing, or weaponized FOIA requests? I'd like to talk to you about steps you had to take to protect your digital security for an upcoming Nature story. (You can be anonymous if necessary.)
RTs appreciated.
RTs appreciated.
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🚨We're hiring! A tenure track position at McGill University in the area of #bioethics and / or philosophy of science, with a special focus on the ethics of medical technologies. Please share widely. #philsky #ethics #philsci philjobs.org/job/show/30402
Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Department of Equity, Ethics, and Policy and Department of Philosophy, McGill University
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November 25, 2025 at 2:02 AM
🚨We're hiring! A tenure track position at McGill University in the area of #bioethics and / or philosophy of science, with a special focus on the ethics of medical technologies. Please share widely. #philsky #ethics #philsci philjobs.org/job/show/30402
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If you don’t follow Banditelli you are missing the most amazing content. It’s a shame he doesn’t have more reach.
Ok one more video. the most beautiful fluke I've seen. edited for EXTRA BEAUTY!!!
November 25, 2025 at 12:04 AM
If you don’t follow Banditelli you are missing the most amazing content. It’s a shame he doesn’t have more reach.
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[COMMENTARY]
“This is the Amazon COP. If it ends with a decision that ignores Indigenous rights and props up offset markets that science says cannot work, it will squander the moral clarity of this moment,” a new op-ed argues.
** The views expressed are those of the author.
“This is the Amazon COP. If it ends with a decision that ignores Indigenous rights and props up offset markets that science says cannot work, it will squander the moral clarity of this moment,” a new op-ed argues.
** The views expressed are those of the author.
It’s time to end the carbon offset era, COP30 scientists & communities say (commentary)
At COP30 in Belém, the first climate summit held in the Amazon, something rare has happened. For years, the risks and failures of carbon offsetting have been dismissed as activist exaggeration or…
news.mongabay.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:10 AM
[COMMENTARY]
“This is the Amazon COP. If it ends with a decision that ignores Indigenous rights and props up offset markets that science says cannot work, it will squander the moral clarity of this moment,” a new op-ed argues.
** The views expressed are those of the author.
“This is the Amazon COP. If it ends with a decision that ignores Indigenous rights and props up offset markets that science says cannot work, it will squander the moral clarity of this moment,” a new op-ed argues.
** The views expressed are those of the author.
I cannot even begin to unpack how disappointed I have been that so many colleagues doing research on how to mitigate and adapt to climate change in US agriculture have been squandering their time to produce small science that just parrots and validates industry talking points. Yuck. Yuck. Yuck.
Not doing 💩 science that benefits the fossil fuel lobby and big ag would not hurt too in my field lol
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 AM
I cannot even begin to unpack how disappointed I have been that so many colleagues doing research on how to mitigate and adapt to climate change in US agriculture have been squandering their time to produce small science that just parrots and validates industry talking points. Yuck. Yuck. Yuck.
It's pretty much the same for US environmental policy these days. Prof. Saideman explains how he has pivoted in the 🧵.
I've had to do it too. How?
1) teaching the theory of environmental policy mechanisms
2) focus on implementation past and present and distributional impacts. 1/
I've had to do it too. How?
1) teaching the theory of environmental policy mechanisms
2) focus on implementation past and present and distributional impacts. 1/
Why do i bother teaching US foreign policy? No process, no institutions.
Good god, this story!
November 24, 2025 at 6:32 AM
It's pretty much the same for US environmental policy these days. Prof. Saideman explains how he has pivoted in the 🧵.
I've had to do it too. How?
1) teaching the theory of environmental policy mechanisms
2) focus on implementation past and present and distributional impacts. 1/
I've had to do it too. How?
1) teaching the theory of environmental policy mechanisms
2) focus on implementation past and present and distributional impacts. 1/
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Staying at the Nazi Bar has totally fried this guy's brain. Or revealed what was always there. It doesn't really matter at this point which one it is.
November 24, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Staying at the Nazi Bar has totally fried this guy's brain. Or revealed what was always there. It doesn't really matter at this point which one it is.
I know there’s much to be appalled about these announcements (and some of it looks pretty illegal to me) but what really gets me is that again GOP politicians are spewing falsehoods about the Clean Water Act and agriculture even after SCOTUS gutted WOTUS.
Ag is pretty much exempt from the CWA. Sigh.
Ag is pretty much exempt from the CWA. Sigh.
In One Week, Trump Moves to Reshape U.S. Environmental Policy
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I know there’s much to be appalled about these announcements (and some of it looks pretty illegal to me) but what really gets me is that again GOP politicians are spewing falsehoods about the Clean Water Act and agriculture even after SCOTUS gutted WOTUS.
Ag is pretty much exempt from the CWA. Sigh.
Ag is pretty much exempt from the CWA. Sigh.
I'm still amazed that growing up in Italy all the abusivi (unauthorized) homes too close to beaches, on floodplains, not up to code etc. were seen as evidence that we were not a proper Global North country and in the US they build right on the beach and it's all good and legal and worth millions.
November 23, 2025 at 5:34 AM
I'm still amazed that growing up in Italy all the abusivi (unauthorized) homes too close to beaches, on floodplains, not up to code etc. were seen as evidence that we were not a proper Global North country and in the US they build right on the beach and it's all good and legal and worth millions.
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A comprehensive rundown of the #COP30 shenanigans from @roycerk2.bsky.social. From what I saw, the Colombians were the only ones whose negotiators and civil society groups were on the same page, and they carried the whole world on their shoulders.
November 23, 2025 at 1:40 AM
A comprehensive rundown of the #COP30 shenanigans from @roycerk2.bsky.social. From what I saw, the Colombians were the only ones whose negotiators and civil society groups were on the same page, and they carried the whole world on their shoulders.
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would still clog if you flush wipes.
Sadly, we both missed an opportunity to bid on this last night at Sotherby’s
November 19, 2025 at 1:38 PM
would still clog if you flush wipes.
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Teaching is the profession that lays the foundation for all other professions.
Insulting, yes, but also outrageously reckless given teacher alienation policies that have already led to a teacher recruitment and retention crisis nationwide.
lawreview.law.ucdavis.edu/archives/56/...
Insulting, yes, but also outrageously reckless given teacher alienation policies that have already led to a teacher recruitment and retention crisis nationwide.
lawreview.law.ucdavis.edu/archives/56/...
November 22, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Teaching is the profession that lays the foundation for all other professions.
Insulting, yes, but also outrageously reckless given teacher alienation policies that have already led to a teacher recruitment and retention crisis nationwide.
lawreview.law.ucdavis.edu/archives/56/...
Insulting, yes, but also outrageously reckless given teacher alienation policies that have already led to a teacher recruitment and retention crisis nationwide.
lawreview.law.ucdavis.edu/archives/56/...
Seeing several people who have been complicit in cropaganda in multiple ways through the years going out there pretending to be conservation heroes.
I suppose it might be a sign that the wind is shifting, but then again it could be the next grift.
I suppose it might be a sign that the wind is shifting, but then again it could be the next grift.
Suspect Guilty GIF
ALT: Suspect Guilty GIF
media.tenor.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Seeing several people who have been complicit in cropaganda in multiple ways through the years going out there pretending to be conservation heroes.
I suppose it might be a sign that the wind is shifting, but then again it could be the next grift.
I suppose it might be a sign that the wind is shifting, but then again it could be the next grift.
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Hello #EconSky, this is my official #EconJMP post!
I'm an applied micro-economist with a PhD from the University of Bordeaux. I work on topics in agricultural and environmental health in developing countries.
You can find my work at mjamurphy.com or check the 🧵below for what my JMP is all about
I'm an applied micro-economist with a PhD from the University of Bordeaux. I work on topics in agricultural and environmental health in developing countries.
You can find my work at mjamurphy.com or check the 🧵below for what my JMP is all about
November 21, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Hello #EconSky, this is my official #EconJMP post!
I'm an applied micro-economist with a PhD from the University of Bordeaux. I work on topics in agricultural and environmental health in developing countries.
You can find my work at mjamurphy.com or check the 🧵below for what my JMP is all about
I'm an applied micro-economist with a PhD from the University of Bordeaux. I work on topics in agricultural and environmental health in developing countries.
You can find my work at mjamurphy.com or check the 🧵below for what my JMP is all about
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you’ll never believe the newest meme pair for “Find someone who looks at you like…”
November 21, 2025 at 9:29 PM
you’ll never believe the newest meme pair for “Find someone who looks at you like…”
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Mamdani completely owns this moment and the beauty is knowing that it's not because he's planning to run for president
Q: Just days ago you referred to Trump as a 'despot.' Will you retract?
MAMDANI: We're both very clear on our positions & what I really appreciate about the president is our meeting focused not on places of disagreement but shared purpose we have
TRUMP: I've been called much worse than a despot
MAMDANI: We're both very clear on our positions & what I really appreciate about the president is our meeting focused not on places of disagreement but shared purpose we have
TRUMP: I've been called much worse than a despot
November 21, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Mamdani completely owns this moment and the beauty is knowing that it's not because he's planning to run for president
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Two fellas from Queens just vibing.
Q: would you feel comfortable living in NYC under a Mamdani administration ?
TRUMP: I would. I really would.
TRUMP: I would. I really would.
November 21, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Two fellas from Queens just vibing.
I am having the most surreal afternoon reviewing a paper with about half of its citations non-existent - hallucinations summoned by some artificial something something. The paper reads right though it is very thin on theory and rather superficial. Not looking forward to more of this sleuthing.
November 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I am having the most surreal afternoon reviewing a paper with about half of its citations non-existent - hallucinations summoned by some artificial something something. The paper reads right though it is very thin on theory and rather superficial. Not looking forward to more of this sleuthing.
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A GOP lawmaker in South Dakota admits the truth: agriculture is a major source of water pollution, and “voluntary conservation” isn’t solving it.
Something you can’t get Illinois’ Democratic supermajority—or many environmental groups—to admit.
Something you can’t get Illinois’ Democratic supermajority—or many environmental groups—to admit.
November 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
A GOP lawmaker in South Dakota admits the truth: agriculture is a major source of water pollution, and “voluntary conservation” isn’t solving it.
Something you can’t get Illinois’ Democratic supermajority—or many environmental groups—to admit.
Something you can’t get Illinois’ Democratic supermajority—or many environmental groups—to admit.
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A fox in the snow on the bowling green in Torry, Aberdeen today, a carton of tuna steak giving some nourishment in the cold.
#UKWildlife #FoxOfTheDay
#UKWildlife #FoxOfTheDay
November 21, 2025 at 5:37 PM
A fox in the snow on the bowling green in Torry, Aberdeen today, a carton of tuna steak giving some nourishment in the cold.
#UKWildlife #FoxOfTheDay
#UKWildlife #FoxOfTheDay
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The schizophrenia of focusing #cop30 on saving forests, while also promoting notoriously forest killing #biofuels
www.desmog.com/2025/11/20/b...
www.desmog.com/2025/11/20/b...
Backed by Industry, Brazilian Hosts Seek COP30’s Blessing for Biofuels
With the clock running down at the COP30 climate talks, the Brazilian hosts are working hand-in-hand with industry groups to secure backing for biofuels in the final text – despite fears that scaling ...
www.desmog.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The schizophrenia of focusing #cop30 on saving forests, while also promoting notoriously forest killing #biofuels
www.desmog.com/2025/11/20/b...
www.desmog.com/2025/11/20/b...
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And he was promptly renditioned to the nearest manure lagoon.
November 21, 2025 at 2:53 PM
And he was promptly renditioned to the nearest manure lagoon.
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Talk about a COPOut: In a move that should surprise no one who has been following the climate regime over the past 30 years, the draft final text for COP30 omits any reference to facing out fossil fuels once again!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Cop30 draft text omits mention of fossil fuel phase-out roadmap
Exclusive: Summit leadership releases new text despite 29 nations threatening to block progress without commitment
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Talk about a COPOut: In a move that should surprise no one who has been following the climate regime over the past 30 years, the draft final text for COP30 omits any reference to facing out fossil fuels once again!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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This is the best thing you will see all day. ❤️❤️❤️
This is Cole. He is a deaf service dog at Dr. William Mennies Elementary School. He just turned 9, and all of his students learned sign language to sing him happy birthday at a massive party. 14/10 for all (IG: colethedeafdog)
November 21, 2025 at 4:27 AM
This is the best thing you will see all day. ❤️❤️❤️